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northern England

West Auckland Road

A68

Also runs asDalkeith BypassDere Street
Plan a drive around it
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23 measured points along the stretch, threaded approximately — the dots are where the A68 was scored, and the dashed line between them is not its shape. Numbered pins are the stops listed below.
Length
10.1 km
How curvy
Gently winding
6% curviness — Easy curves rather than corners.
Curvy metres
654
How these scores are measured

Curvy metres is curviness multiplied by length: how much genuine curve this road actually gives you, rather than how tight its tightest corner is. It is the number that separates a mountain pass from a housing estate.

Speed limits along it

What is on the poles along this stretch, by share of its length.

  • 30 mph14%
  • 50 mph21%
  • national limit (60)16%
  • national limit (70)45%
  • Other limits (each under 5%)4%

Runs past

  • Darlington·town·1.8 km
  • Heighington·village·840 m
  • Burtree Gate·hamlet·10 m
  • Walworth Gate·hamlet·470 m
  • Archdeacon Newton·hamlet·920 m
  • Walworth·hamlet·1.4 km

Distances are approximate: the closest this stretch is known to come.

Worth stopping at

  • Pin 1 on the map:The Mowden

    Pub · 510 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • food
    • outdoor seating
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 2 on the map:The White Heifer that Travelled

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    • phone
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 3 on the map:Travellers Rest

    Pub · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 4 on the map:Robineau Cafe

    Café · 10 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 5 on the map:Cactus Kitchen

    Café · 20 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

  • Pin 6 on the map:The Brinkburn

    Pub · 500 m from the road, approximately

    • parking
    • outdoor seating
    • website
    Open in Google Maps ↗

The places and their tags are from OpenStreetMap.

No Twistly drives use the A68 yet. Plan the first one.

Near the A68

Photographs taken within about a kilometre of this stretch, from Wikimedia Commons. They are near the road — we have no evidence any of them shows it.

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